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split

Pronunciation: /splɪt/

“split” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. split, crack, fissure
  2. crushed stone
  3. slit in a piece of clothing, such as in a skirt or dress
  4. split (a maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position)
  5. drink consisting of whiskey mixed with sparkling water
  6. split (result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down)
  7. split (elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race or speedrun)

Etymology

Related to splijten (“to split, cleave”).

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